JOSEPH
J. "BG JOE" LESNIEWSKI was born in Camden on May 13, 1919 to
Stella and Andrew Lesniewski. The Lesniewskis were living at 1156 Jackson
Street when the 1918-1919 City Directory was compiled. By 1924 they had
moved to Pennsylvania.

Joseph
Lesniewski was
working as a machinist and living in Pennsylvania when he enlisted in the
United States Army Air Corps in Philadelphia on December 12, 1941.

Joseph
J. Lesniewski was still serving as a Fire
Fighter in 1977. He was then living at 166 Linden Avenue in
Oaklyn NJ. Before retirement he had seen his son, Joseph A.
Lesniewski, join the department, on April 2, 1974. The younger
Lesniewski had risen to the rank of Captain by 1997, the serving
at Engine
Company 11 on North
27th Street in Cramer
Hill.

Last
a resident of East Beechwood Avenue in Oaklyn NJ, Joseph J. Lesniewski
passed away on May 9, 2008, survived by his wife Wanda, son Joseph A.
Lesniewski and daughter Elaine Lesniewski Griffin.

Two children were revived by artificial resuscitation last night
after being rescued from flames which damaged a bedroom of their home.

The boy and girl, two-year-old Kenneth and eight-month-old Tracy, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bagby of 2108
Van
Buren Street, Camden.

They were rescued after fire broke out in a second floor bedroom of the home at 11:19 PM. They were asleep in the room at the time.

Fought Flames

The girl was rescued by James Robinson, acting captain of
Engine Company Three. Robinson went through the building until he reached the bedroom.

According to Battalion Chief
Thomas McCabe, Robinson fought his way through the flames and heat in the room to reach the child. The girl was
not breathing when rescued, McCabe said, but. Robinson performed the artificial resuscitation.

The children were taken to
West Jersey Hospital Northern Division, Camden, where they were examined and released.

Two other Bagby girls, five-year-old Dawn and six-year-old Kim, were next. door, at 2106
Van
Buren Street, with their mother when the fire broke out.

Chief
McCabe said he did not know the whereabouts of the father at the time of the fire.

Camden
Courier-Post * March 27, 1969

Eight Cited For Service
Above Duty

Two Camden Fire Department Engine Companies were awarded unit citations and eight firemen attached to the companies were each given merit
citations yesterday for service above and beyond the call of duty.

Members
as listed above, have anniversary dates which fall
during the first quarter

.

Camden
Courier-Post * May 11, 2008

LESNIEWSKI
JOSEPH J.On May 8, 2008, of Oaklyn,
NJ, age 88.
He is the beloved husband of Wanda (nee Chomiczewski) and loving father
of Joseph A. Lesniewski (Terriann) of Williamstown and Elaine Griffin
(David) of Cherry Hill. His dear grandchildren Laura and Emma Griffin
and brother-in-law Charles Chomiczewski of Collingswood also survive
him. Mr. Lesniewski was an Army Veteran of WWII and a retired Camden
City Firefighter.
Relatives and friends are invited to meet Tuesday morning from 9:30 to
10:30 AM at the CRERAN FUNERAL HOME, 400 WHITE HORSE PIKE, OAKLYN, NJ. A
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:00 AM at St. Aloysius
Church, 37 W. Haddon Ave. in Oaklyn. Interment will follow in New St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr. There is no evening viewing.